Tell England
- sombre
- intense
Sombre, steady, measured war / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
How every film is hand-scored →In England, two young friends, confronted with the outbreak of World War I, enlist together to serve in the same company on the battle-field.
Our read · Tell England (1931) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded war · drama · gallipoli entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
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The shape of Tell England
What watching it is actually like.
“You want an early British WWI drama following two friends into the Gallipoli campaign.”
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The reading.
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